Day 17 - Saguaro National Park

Day 17

Campsite, CA> McDonald’s Tuscon, AZ> Saguaro National Park, AZ> Campsite in Benson, AZ

            So we woke up in the campsite just 6 miles from the Mexican border and continued on our travels for the day. We headed east for the first real significant time in our trip heading back to the coast we both call home. After about an hour of driving we noticed that our route took up right up against the Mexican border and for all of those who are curious… yes there is a fence that runs through the middle of no where. Anyway the real major tragedy of the day was about an hour later when our air conditioning gave out… yes you read me… OUR AIR CONDITIONING BROKE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT IN JULY.

But it’s ok we are two tough (and cheap) young lads. So we continued on to Tuscon, AZ. We hung out at the Mcdonald’s there and avoided the heat whilst indulging in a 20 piece mcnugget… a piece. Around 6 when the sun started heading down we picked up a few beers and drove 20mins to the cactus capitol of the world. The cacti in Saguaro National Park are huge some reaching 40 feet tall.

We climbed a small mountain with no one around and the possible threat of whatever animals were around to casually drink our beers and watch the sun go down as the moon came up. Once the sun was finally down we were almost done with our beers and out of the forest of cacti casually walks past a coyote… yes a COYOTE… and not the Mexican smuggling kind… the wild animal kind.  John saw it first staring it right in the eyes and alerted Travis of its presence. We both watched as the animal continued on its way as if to say.. “good day gentlemen”. It was quite the experience. We packed up our chairs and continued down the mountain to our car. We drove a bit more and called it a night at the Benson, AZ KOA.